KILLER'S SMILE
Chilling moment Alice Wood laughs with fiancé before mowing him down after he ‘clicked’ with another woman at party
Philosophy student used car as weapon to strike fiance after 'losing her cool'
THIS is the chilling moment a killer laughs with her fiance at a party before she mowed him down after he "clicked" with another woman.
Alice Wood, 23, used her Ford Fiesta as a weapon to strike Ryan Watson, 24, in a deadly "game of chicken".
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Ryan was tragically knocked under her car on the third attempt and dragged for 158 metres.
The pair had earlier been at a party in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, where footage showed them laughing and joking together.
Smitten Ryan could be seen leaning in to his fiancee and dancing with her as they sat grinning at a table.
Although he was being a "gregarious and outgoing party guest", Wood by comparison was a "bit cold".
One guest said she had "clicked" with Ryan during the May 6, 2022, bash but felt Wood "glaring" at her.
Further footage showed the couple leaving the party with Wood driving her boyfriend's Fiat as they made their way home.
Once parked, she then got inside her own car where she reversed towards Ryan - almost hitting him.
The philosophy student can then be seen repeatedly driving at Ryan as he straddles the bonnet.
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He was pulled under the front bumper and remained trapped under the car's chassis for almost 160 metres.
After striking Ryan, she knocked on a door and told the homeowner: "Please phone an ambulance. I think I've ran over my boyfriend."
She later tearfully told officers: "Just shoot me in the head";.
Wood was yesterday convicted of murder after "lost her cool" and used the car as a weapon.
Andrew Ford, KC, prosecuting, said: "Whilst deeply serious and tragic, we say this is a simple case.
"She lost her temper, had an argument with her boyfriend when they were in drunk, in a motorcar.
"Things became fraught, he got out, kicked a door, and she lost her cool and used the car as a weapon."
The court heard Wood was found to have 61 micrograms of alcohol per 100 millilitres of breath, compared to the legal limit of 35.
She claimed she had drunk two glasses of white wine, two rums and a glass of champagne.
During her evidence, Wood sobbed as she told how it was like "stepping into a nightmare" when she realised Ryan was under her car.
She added: "It was like I was in hell, It didn't seem real."
Wood told the court she was just trying to "scare" her boyfriend after they rowed and his attitude "flipped".
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She was remanded into custody to be sentenced on January 29.
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